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streel en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• [ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪi̯l]
• [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷɪi̯l]
• /ˈstɹiːl/

Etymology

From Irish straoill (“untidy person”).

Meanings

1. A disreputable woman, a slut.
   • Cissy came up along the strand with the two twins and their ball with her hat anyhow on her to one side after her run and she did look a streel tugging the two kids along with the flimsy blouse she bought only a fortnight before like a rag on her back and bit of her petticoat hanging like a caricature. 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
streels	Number=Plur		lexicographic

streel en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• [ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪi̯l]
• [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷɪi̯l]
• /ˈstɹiːl/

Etymology

Compare stroll and streal.

Meanings

1. (colloquial) To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion.
   • a yellow satin train that streeled after her like the tail of a comet 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
streeled	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
streeled	Tense=Past		lexicographic
streels	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
streeling	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic